I'm looking for recommendations on media player hardware. Small
footprint, low power (built in PSU would be great), very quiet (ie no fan)
HD output and 5.1 audio (ideally via HDMI or fibre TOSlink) are the main
requirements. I don't need wifi, 100baseTX would be enough.
I'm not particularly worried about DVDs, more streaming media from a file
server, though DTV would be a plus. IR support would be nice too (perhaps
re-using my old Xbox remote). I'm probably going to run XBMC, most likely
on Ubuntu.
The Fit PC (http://www.fit-pc.com) is the kind of thing I'm thinking of
(but uses a clunky 3.5mm -> RCA cable for audio). Are there any
alternatives out there that have built in DTV or other funky media
functionality?
-Ronan
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